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fake and gay en · ADJ

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Etymology

From fake (“false”) + and + gay (“lame, uncool, stupid”); originating online in the early 2000s as a way to question a story's authenticity.

Meanings

1. (Internet, derogatory, qualifier:4chan slang) Obviously false, clearly inauthentic.
   • This show [Baldwin Hills] is so fake and gay. They are actors not reality. 2010, Darnell M. Hunt, quoting ‘kris120379’, “Introduction”, in Darnell M. Hunt, Ana-Christina Ramón, editors, Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities, page 16:

Forms

Antonyms

real and straight